I hear ya!
I moved 7 years ago, but still in CT but where I grew up we had NY stations along with CT stations.
But where I am now, there are no NY stations (if I moved about 2 or 3 towns from me, there would be).
But for the longest time I would tell my dh "The Amazing Race is on, hurry up, turn it on before we miss something". So then he'd ask what channel & I'd say Channel 2. But that was Channel 2 at my parents house, the NY CBS. Channel 2 here is now some cable thing so I'd have to quickly say channel 3.
Don't ask me about the cable channels as Comcast changes them just as I get to know them.